maddie 🌿
@mariusperkins.bsky.social
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maddie 🌿
@mariusperkins.bsky.social
· Jun 8
My new-to-me for May! A LOT of good ones this month!!
Top 5:
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
One Way Passage (1932)
The Witching Hour (1934)
Murder In The Music Hall (1946)
Rave Macbeth (2001)
Top 5:
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
One Way Passage (1932)
The Witching Hour (1934)
Murder In The Music Hall (1946)
Rave Macbeth (2001)
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Rather than play Portable Ops next as part of our continuing Metal Gear Solid LP series, we decided to watch a 2 hour movie of it youtu.be/0Dib5qW1XlA
Let's Wacth Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
YouTube video by Run Button
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Rather than play Portable Ops next as part of our continuing Metal Gear Solid LP series, we decided to watch a 2 hour movie of it youtu.be/0Dib5qW1XlA
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Kind of want to put this bit on a billboard somewhere (or, idk, replace every web ad everywhere with this text) bsky.app/profile/edzi...
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Kind of want to put this bit on a billboard somewhere (or, idk, replace every web ad everywhere with this text) bsky.app/profile/edzi...
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Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
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There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍
Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍
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Photographs of injured soldiers created by Reed B. Bontecou, a New York surgeon who documented the casualties of the Civil War battlefields (so the soldiers could get their postwar pensions). The red arrows trace projectile trajectories. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/r...
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Photographs of injured soldiers created by Reed B. Bontecou, a New York surgeon who documented the casualties of the Civil War battlefields (so the soldiers could get their postwar pensions). The red arrows trace projectile trajectories. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/r...
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Every weird little pervert is my friend and comrade and I will champion their weird little fetish as if it were my own weird little fetish o7
There is no acceptable sacrificial lamb to appease purity culture. Whatever weird little pervert you are personally icked by should not be collateral damage in a discussion where, essentially, banks are vying to be the arbiters of morality so they can decide whose dirty evil money they get to pocket
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Every weird little pervert is my friend and comrade and I will champion their weird little fetish as if it were my own weird little fetish o7
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holy shit
a cure for HIV at $40 per patient
a cure for HIV at $40 per patient
This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
holy shit
a cure for HIV at $40 per patient
a cure for HIV at $40 per patient
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"You can watch a million TikToks, but to engage, you still need to go to the hot bakery. You still need to actually make the ramen you saw on YouTube. You still need to get the reservation, and then your taste buds have to wrap themselves around a chutney pizza.... No one else can taste it for you."
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"You can watch a million TikToks, but to engage, you still need to go to the hot bakery. You still need to actually make the ramen you saw on YouTube. You still need to get the reservation, and then your taste buds have to wrap themselves around a chutney pizza.... No one else can taste it for you."
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Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.
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welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
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This is a Rule 8 dismissal, which is not common when you’re represented by a lawyer, but is very common when you’re a sovereign citizen suing without a lawyer.
This judge is treating the president of the United States as a pro se litigant.
This judge is treating the president of the United States as a pro se litigant.
A federal judge has thrown out President Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times.
The suit, he says, "stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements" of federal court rules.
It is "decidedly improper and impermissible."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The suit, he says, "stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements" of federal court rules.
It is "decidedly improper and impermissible."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is a Rule 8 dismissal, which is not common when you’re represented by a lawyer, but is very common when you’re a sovereign citizen suing without a lawyer.
This judge is treating the president of the United States as a pro se litigant.
This judge is treating the president of the United States as a pro se litigant.
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LMAO immediately no
“Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump's 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.
"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally”
“Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump's 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.
"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally”
Judge throws out Trump's $15B US lawsuit against the New York Times | CBC News
A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed out a $15-billion US defamation lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump against the New York Times.
www.cbc.ca
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
LMAO immediately no
“Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump's 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.
"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally”
“Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump's 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.
"A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally”
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The first of our anniversary stream VODs is up on YouTube! Dre, Jack, Art and Austin step into WikiArena and pit random kings nobody's heard of against entire nations railway systems
youtu.be/hxJiCRHg3l0
Anniversary VODs* will be going up once a day!
*minus the REPO multi-cam.
youtu.be/hxJiCRHg3l0
Anniversary VODs* will be going up once a day!
*minus the REPO multi-cam.
WikiArena - Friends at the Table 11th Anniversary Streams Part 1
YouTube video by Friends at the Table
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The first of our anniversary stream VODs is up on YouTube! Dre, Jack, Art and Austin step into WikiArena and pit random kings nobody's heard of against entire nations railway systems
youtu.be/hxJiCRHg3l0
Anniversary VODs* will be going up once a day!
*minus the REPO multi-cam.
youtu.be/hxJiCRHg3l0
Anniversary VODs* will be going up once a day!
*minus the REPO multi-cam.
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Surely a 68-year-old director who has made two movies in the past 42 years is well-suited to reboot his own movie about a trans teenager on a killing spree in a way that adapts the material to meet the challenges of an age saturated in anti-trans propaganda
Kenan Thompson's AFA is remaking the cult classic SLEEPAWAY CAMP, with original writer-director Robert Hiltzik on board.
SLEEPAWAY CAMP Is The Latest Slasher To Get A Reboot From Kenan Thompson’s AFA
Kenan Thompson's AFA is remaking the cult classic SLEEPAWAY CAMP, with original writer-director Robert Hiltzik on board.
dlvr.it
September 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Surely a 68-year-old director who has made two movies in the past 42 years is well-suited to reboot his own movie about a trans teenager on a killing spree in a way that adapts the material to meet the challenges of an age saturated in anti-trans propaganda
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We asked and Chicoblue from the discord delivered. We present this for you to witness:
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We asked and Chicoblue from the discord delivered. We present this for you to witness:
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This article makes a very salient point: The fash -- like, the real brownshirts, Proud Boys and the like -- don't have deep popular support /anywhere/. Nobody really /likes/ them, not even white people in Springfield, Ohio. They're just bullies, and people are scared of drawing their attention.
Thinking about my trip to Springfield, Ohio last year, for no reason at all.
Falling for Propaganda from Springfield
Springfield, Ohio is a right-wing propagandist’s dream come true.
www.turtlediaries.net
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This article makes a very salient point: The fash -- like, the real brownshirts, Proud Boys and the like -- don't have deep popular support /anywhere/. Nobody really /likes/ them, not even white people in Springfield, Ohio. They're just bullies, and people are scared of drawing their attention.
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Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
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The authors also are clear that they're not claiming AI *cannot ever* improve coding productivity - but the point they make, which is really important, is that everyone they asked thought it already did, even the study participants after they did the tasks with AI assistance!
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The authors also are clear that they're not claiming AI *cannot ever* improve coding productivity - but the point they make, which is really important, is that everyone they asked thought it already did, even the study participants after they did the tasks with AI assistance!
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Pretty interesting study! This result is going to get misinterpreted in a bunch of different ways over the next few days, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts with you now to contextualise some of the stuff in the paper.
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pretty interesting study! This result is going to get misinterpreted in a bunch of different ways over the next few days, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts with you now to contextualise some of the stuff in the paper.
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How organizers in California's Central Valley are putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE raids and deportations.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/organi...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/organi...
Central Californians Are Using Their Bodies to Stop ICE Raids and Deportations
Organizers in California's Central Valley are calling attention to the plight of the region's 300,000-plus undocumented migrants.
www.teenvogue.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How organizers in California's Central Valley are putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE raids and deportations.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/organi...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/organi...
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Hey all! The next Perpetua episode will be out later this evening 🫶
July 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hey all! The next Perpetua episode will be out later this evening 🫶
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The first treatise on bedbugs from 1730 — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/treatise-of-buggs
Written by an exterminator, it wanders into a surprising mode: one inflected not by disgust, but rather coy wonder and begrudging awe.
Written by an exterminator, it wanders into a surprising mode: one inflected not by disgust, but rather coy wonder and begrudging awe.
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The first treatise on bedbugs from 1730 — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/treatise-of-buggs
Written by an exterminator, it wanders into a surprising mode: one inflected not by disgust, but rather coy wonder and begrudging awe.
Written by an exterminator, it wanders into a surprising mode: one inflected not by disgust, but rather coy wonder and begrudging awe.
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Do not lead the goats.
July 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Do not lead the goats.